Storage 1tb external hard drive

Hey folks,
I need to get a reliable 1tb hard drive to use for protools, I brought a maxtor external one last year but it failed on me, I took it apart and found it was a Seagate drive! Luckly I managed to recover the data! What drives would you recomend? I'l probably be buying 2!

Cheers,

Carl

 

Samsung F3 1TB
Seagate 1TB 7200.12 as a Second Option

Assuming you want a new drive to inside the enclosure...

 

I have a 1.5 Tb Samsung Story external and very happy with it although transfering 850Gb of film by USB takes aggggggggeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssss!

 

you can get a 1tb samsung f3 and get an icy box like this

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Icy-...DD-to-USB-and-SATA-host-leatherette-easy-swap

that way it is easily interchangeable with drives should you need another external one and you can actually buy a good quality drive to use with it.

it is also usb and esata

 

Ahh yes, Icy box and f3 sounds good to me! Cheers for that folks

 

I've had good luck the WD blacks and with F3EG

 

When do we reckon to start seeing USB3?

 

Just use eSata

 

Not supported on mine. Will definately make sure it is on my next one lol

 

I recommend the Western Digital raid edition drives. They sport a 1.2 million mean time between failure. They are a little expensive but they are worth it if you want data security.

If you want something at the consumer level. Green drives are probably more suitable since they have a lower RPM and lower chance of failure. If you don't mind the low transfer rate that is.